Agent-Based Modelling of Drinking Behaviour

Here is where you can have a go at running the model described in the paper. The model has been written in an agent based modelling language called NetLogo. We have embedded the program in this web page. Follow the instruction below and try it out for yourselves

This is a model of individual drinking behaviour. Here people move left and right on a strip and interact with one another

The people have either never drunk before (they are colored green ) or they are drinkers ( they are colored red ) or they have stopped drinking ( they are colored blue )

How to run model

1. Click the blue button marked setup to place the people on the strip. Not that one of them is red. This is a drinker.

2. Then click the go button and you will see the people move about. As they do so they interact with others and if a non drinker interacts with a drinker then they too may become a drinker. If a drinker interacts with a non drinker they may become a non drinker.

The graphs show the number of people or each type by their colour